According to public documents reviewed by Silicon Valley Business Journal, the tech giant has leased a 96,000-square-foot facility in Sunnyvale, California that formerly housed a Pepsi bottling plant.

Google Street View of former Sunnyvale Pepsi bottling plant.

Image: Google

Granted, a huge company like Apple acquiring additional space isn't necessarily news. However, it could make excellent space for the company's unofficial Apple Car project, codenamed "Project Titan," that reportedly has been green-lit for a 2019 launch date.

Apple CEO Tim Cook refused to confirm the Apple Car project in an interview with Fortune in February, saying, "We explore technologies, and we explore products."

However, Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk believes the Apple Car is real. In fact, Musk called it an "open secret" in an interview with the BBC in January.

Just what Apple is planning to use the newly acquired space for will have to be seen. Though, using it for Apple Car assembly wouldn't be too far fetched.

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